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i think the pentagon is simply in turmoil right now. that's because we've had four or five secretaries of defense, depending on how you count it, over the last four years. therefore i think a figure like lloyd austin with an unimpeachable combat record, who is well-liked, a team personality, who can walk into the building and command instant respect, i think that makes sense as we look at the field in front of us. again, having said that, ideally we would always have, if you will, a pure civilian running the pentagon so that we have good civilian control over the military. but as the senate wrestles with this, i hope they take into account the quality of lloyd as well as, frankly, the historic aspect of being the first african-american to lead this department. i'm for him. >> certainly that is an important factor, 40% of the military rank and file are minorities, black, latinos, asians as well. claire mccaskill, former senator, senator jack reed, of course, ranking on the senate armed services committee, expressed concern over providing
i think the pentagon is simply in turmoil right now. that's because we've had four or five secretaries of defense, depending on how you count it, over the last four years. therefore i think a figure like lloyd austin with an unimpeachable combat record, who is well-liked, a team personality, who can walk into the building and command instant respect, i think that makes sense as we look at the field in front of us. again, having said that, ideally we would always have, if you will, a pure...
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appreciate it. >> the pentagon chief of staff didn't resign. he was pushed. i want to ask your response and if you're concerned about senior staffing at the pentagon in the wake of secretary mattis' resignation. >> i am. because i'm really concerned about secretary mattis departing. we've read the story. he was the adult in the room, right? he could check some of the worst i impulses, obviously not all of them. he had so much credibility with the military and national security and as a person his word carried a lot of weight and he has a lot of allies and friends in the pentagon and when the president, when secretary mattis resigned, he could no longer work for president trump because he didn't agree with the decisions but the more important part, he didn't agree with the way the president made them in such a chaotic off the top of his headway that was not well thought out and didn't have a plan behind him. so the less stable people there are at the pentagon, the more nervous we should be. secretary mattis leaving is a huge blow, but we need to keep as many p
appreciate it. >> the pentagon chief of staff didn't resign. he was pushed. i want to ask your response and if you're concerned about senior staffing at the pentagon in the wake of secretary mattis' resignation. >> i am. because i'm really concerned about secretary mattis departing. we've read the story. he was the adult in the room, right? he could check some of the worst i impulses, obviously not all of them. he had so much credibility with the military and national security and...
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top legal counsel at the national security agency, and the intelligence chief at the pentagon. and that last guy, all of 34 years old, who is now the intelligence chief at the pentagon, who was seen as too nuts for even the trump administration at one point and was forced out of the national security council job he had in the trump white house after he got caught trying to sell all that nonsense about how obama was doing the wiretapping and the unmasking scandal and all that other made-up nonsense -- he was literally laughed out of even the trump administration, but they brought him back and after the election, installed him as intelligence chief at the pentagon. he's also, at the same time, now the acting assistant secretary of defense for special operations and low intensity conflict. did i mention he is 34 years old? i should also mention that the new guy trump just installed after the election as defense secretary unilaterally changed the structure of the military so that special operations like, you know, navy s.e.a.l.s, right? special operations now report directly to the
top legal counsel at the national security agency, and the intelligence chief at the pentagon. and that last guy, all of 34 years old, who is now the intelligence chief at the pentagon, who was seen as too nuts for even the trump administration at one point and was forced out of the national security council job he had in the trump white house after he got caught trying to sell all that nonsense about how obama was doing the wiretapping and the unmasking scandal and all that other made-up...
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advice, the pentagon's advice, not the veterans groups, but the pentagon's advice that they should wait and not do a parade now for the iraq war even though the iraq war ended? >> i have a great respect for our government and for the pentagon. but i also have a great respect for our veterans. it is for our veterans. it's the right thing to do. and the time to do it is now. >> st. louis county executive charlie dooly, veteran of the vietnam war, thank you for your time tonight, sir. i've been looking forward to the chance to talk to you about this. i'm grateful for it. >> thanks for having me, rachael. >> thanks. >> still ahead on "the last word" there is a draw dropping investigation about guns, guns being sold with no background checks at all and it's apparently perfectly legal. essential viewing. and here florists, indicatorers, djs, your stimulus has arrived. >>> yesterday legislatures joined the state senate counterparts in washington voting to recognize marriage rights for same sex couples in the state of washington. if governor christine signs the law next week as expected to, was
advice, the pentagon's advice, not the veterans groups, but the pentagon's advice that they should wait and not do a parade now for the iraq war even though the iraq war ended? >> i have a great respect for our government and for the pentagon. but i also have a great respect for our veterans. it is for our veterans. it's the right thing to do. and the time to do it is now. >> st. louis county executive charlie dooly, veteran of the vietnam war, thank you for your time tonight, sir....
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pentagon says it was not saying that at all. now that is cleared up, can we have a parade? no. no, apparently we still can't. the rest of the quote from that same spokesman after he said it wouldn't harm our efforts in afghanistan but we feel it would be in appropriate at this time given ongoing deployment and combat operations there, meaning afghanistan. same arguments being made by assistant secretary of defense, he was on npr yesterday. >> the iraq vets who now fighting on the battlefield in afghanistan and the feeling was that the appropriate time to have a national new york-style ticker tape parade was the time when combat troops were back home. >> to be clear, the iraq war is over. the idea is to hold a parade to mark the end of that specific war. not to mark the end of war altogether. military officer a decorated combat veteran of iraq and afghanistan wrote to me today on the subject to say this. if they are waiting until combat ops are over in afghanistan, who is to say this won't be another conflict somewhere else at th
pentagon says it was not saying that at all. now that is cleared up, can we have a parade? no. no, apparently we still can't. the rest of the quote from that same spokesman after he said it wouldn't harm our efforts in afghanistan but we feel it would be in appropriate at this time given ongoing deployment and combat operations there, meaning afghanistan. same arguments being made by assistant secretary of defense, he was on npr yesterday. >> the iraq vets who now fighting on the...
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the man from the pentagon who disagrees, making the pentagon's case on this matter, assistant secretary of defense, douglas wilson, thank you for being here. i appreciate the chance to talk with you about this. >> thank you for having me, i appreciate it. >> i think new york would go ahead with the parade to mark the end of the iraq war if the pentagon were saying no, don't do it. what is the harm? why are you stopping this from happening? >> rachel, i think we do need to have a conversation in this country about how to properly honor and welcome home those who served on the battlefield but i think we're having the wrong conversation. we're having a conversation about a major ticker tape parade in new york whether the giants, the new york giants deserve it and those who served in iraq do not, a very specious argument. >> i didn't say anything about the giants. >> i want to make the point that in terms of the new york ticker tape parade, those who were winding down the war in afghanistan are military leaders and troops who are fighting there, made clear last fall that they thought it was
the man from the pentagon who disagrees, making the pentagon's case on this matter, assistant secretary of defense, douglas wilson, thank you for being here. i appreciate the chance to talk with you about this. >> thank you for having me, i appreciate it. >> i think new york would go ahead with the parade to mark the end of the iraq war if the pentagon were saying no, don't do it. what is the harm? why are you stopping this from happening? >> rachel, i think we do need to have...
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at least the pentagon is reading my material. they finally came around. it only took them a couple of years. i've been saying this for years now. >> i'm struck by -- and i don't think i thought about it until i read the book. that america has this long history of celebrity generals. right? dwight eisenhower, collin powell, stanley mcchrystal and david petraeus the biggest names of the post- 9/11 wars. now there are new celebrity generals. is that on accident or do you think it's on purpose? >> i wonder if president obama did this by design or if it sort of happened this way in his quest to regain control of the pentagon. petraeus has been defracked. he's at cia. general mcchrystal -- who is running the war in afghanistan now? you probably know. but some guy named john allen. none of the other generals -- there's no big-time general that can threaten the president's command. >> are you troubled -- not ambivalence but the way that generals do pr. describe the problems with civil affairs as an institution in the military. and also the sort of weirdness about
at least the pentagon is reading my material. they finally came around. it only took them a couple of years. i've been saying this for years now. >> i'm struck by -- and i don't think i thought about it until i read the book. that america has this long history of celebrity generals. right? dwight eisenhower, collin powell, stanley mcchrystal and david petraeus the biggest names of the post- 9/11 wars. now there are new celebrity generals. is that on accident or do you think it's on...
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a pentagon official, though, said to me -- former pentagon official said that it was probably important for elissa slotkin or anyone else trying to get the national guard to come and help to reach general milley. if you remember we've all covered donald trump's shake up in appointment of many political allies there and so this person said -- the members probably had to reach general milley before the national guard could be activated. >> rachel maddow is with us. rachel, i think everyone wants to hear your thoughts on what we're watching but let me just throw out a couple more things that i've heard from national security officials that i talked to. they said right now ambassadors from other countries are drafting cables describing this scene is america in the nation's capitol that looks more like benghazi. that this was the reporting that i had that i've been talking about. a scene that doesn't look like one we're familiar to seeing here in america. >> yeah, one of the things that strikes me here, nicolle, is that oddly one of the things i'm grateful for is that this has been well-cove
a pentagon official, though, said to me -- former pentagon official said that it was probably important for elissa slotkin or anyone else trying to get the national guard to come and help to reach general milley. if you remember we've all covered donald trump's shake up in appointment of many political allies there and so this person said -- the members probably had to reach general milley before the national guard could be activated. >> rachel maddow is with us. rachel, i think everyone...
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in addition to that, the pentagon came up with a new one. they're now seeing the strike against isis in syria are legal because iraq asked for them. countries are not usually allowed to skr for things to happen in other countries. i mean, you can ask but if canada asked mexico to bomb us? anyway. it's another legal argument we got from the administration for the first time today after the strikes already started. that's new from them. in terms of the effect on civilians, question four, the administration today said they have no reports of civilian injuries associated with the air strikes. that said, there are not western reporters on the ground check things out. activists in syria say between 8 and 24 civilians were killed by the air strikes last night. in terms of the reaction from syria, question number three, there is no sign as of yet that syria is activating their air defense system or its air force against u.s. planes. the pentagon said today that syria left its air defense system basically on passive radar for the strikes last night.
in addition to that, the pentagon came up with a new one. they're now seeing the strike against isis in syria are legal because iraq asked for them. countries are not usually allowed to skr for things to happen in other countries. i mean, you can ask but if canada asked mexico to bomb us? anyway. it's another legal argument we got from the administration for the first time today after the strikes already started. that's new from them. in terms of the effect on civilians, question four, the...
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the pentagon is not commenting on any of this. in your story you say that the committee is considering alternative steps in terms of getting material from the military on this if the pentagon continues not cooperating. do you know what that means? is that a subpoena threat or do we know what else the committee is going to try to do to investigate this? >> we have asked for more information about that. our read on that was that it was going to be a subpoena and that it could come as soon as next week, the end of next week. so we're waiting to see. but they did send this letter back in june when then acting defense secretary pat shanahan was still there and they never got a response. and they still months later have still not gotten any documents from the pentagon explaining what is going on. >> natasha bertrand, national security correspondent for politico.com with just this incredible scoop tonight along with the co-author brian bender the headline air force crew made an odd stop on a routine trip scott's turnberry resort. thank y
the pentagon is not commenting on any of this. in your story you say that the committee is considering alternative steps in terms of getting material from the military on this if the pentagon continues not cooperating. do you know what that means? is that a subpoena threat or do we know what else the committee is going to try to do to investigate this? >> we have asked for more information about that. our read on that was that it was going to be a subpoena and that it could come as soon...
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but trump won't release it against the pentagon's wishes. if he doesn't release the aid by the end of the month, it goes away. ukraine won't get it at all. tonight, what the "washington post" is reporting is that aid to ukraine that's being held by the trump administration, it's not just being withheld by trump as a favor to putin, which it is, but according to "the washington post" tonight, trump is also holding back those hundreds of millions of dollars for ukraine for another very specific purpose. quote, mr. trump has sfentd delivery of $250 million to ukraine, a country fighting russian aggression in its eastern provinces, some suspect mr. trump is catering to mr. putin who is dedicated to undermining ukrainian democracy and independence. but, says "the washington post," we are reliably told that the president has a second and more venal agenda. he is attempting to force the new leader of ukraine to intervene in the 2020 u.s. presidential election by launching an investigation of the leading democratic presidential candidate joe biden.
but trump won't release it against the pentagon's wishes. if he doesn't release the aid by the end of the month, it goes away. ukraine won't get it at all. tonight, what the "washington post" is reporting is that aid to ukraine that's being held by the trump administration, it's not just being withheld by trump as a favor to putin, which it is, but according to "the washington post" tonight, trump is also holding back those hundreds of millions of dollars for ukraine for...
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did he tried to rub the pentagon into that planning? oh, why didn't law enforcement and military personnel get to the u.s. capitol sooner? why don't we know more about that? and why did the army telling untrue story about the number of people and one particular person who was apparently involved in this discussion? well chairman thompson and the committee are planning on getting to the bottom of. that asking the pentagon, as of today, for all documented communications relating to the initial delight by pentagon officials that lieutenant general charles flynn, mark flynn's brother, participated in meetings on january six relating to the response to the attack. on january 6th, as mike flynn had stoked crowds, had stoked trump supporters, into believing that they could do something on january six that would stop biden from becoming president and would keep trump in office his brother, charles flynn, was part of pentagon discussions that day as to whether or not overrun capital police and d.c. police at the u.s. capital would get back up. a
did he tried to rub the pentagon into that planning? oh, why didn't law enforcement and military personnel get to the u.s. capitol sooner? why don't we know more about that? and why did the army telling untrue story about the number of people and one particular person who was apparently involved in this discussion? well chairman thompson and the committee are planning on getting to the bottom of. that asking the pentagon, as of today, for all documented communications relating to the initial...
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john kirby was his spokesperson at the pentagon for a while, to. that was before mr. kirby went on to become spokes for the secretary of state, when john kerry was secretary of state, under president obama. he has had these very high visibility jobs at the pentagon, at the state department, he is also a rear admiral in the united states navy. john kirby served in the navy as the public affairs officer for the blue angels, he served as the editor in chief of the navy's magazine, he served as chief spokesperson for the department of the navy. these aides, he is back at the department of defense, reprising his role as pentagon press secretary. this time of the biden ministration for the defense department that has now led by defense secretary lloyd austin. john kirby has been a very very high profile person in washington for a long time. right now, he has one of the most difficult and scrutinize jobs in washington, because right now, daily, sometimes multiple times per day, he is briefing the defense department press corps, which is not a bunch of pushover's, briefing th
john kirby was his spokesperson at the pentagon for a while, to. that was before mr. kirby went on to become spokes for the secretary of state, when john kerry was secretary of state, under president obama. he has had these very high visibility jobs at the pentagon, at the state department, he is also a rear admiral in the united states navy. john kirby served in the navy as the public affairs officer for the blue angels, he served as the editor in chief of the navy's magazine, he served as...
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and that's because it turns out that on june 14th, the day after they started publishing the pentagon papers, there had been an angry, threatening telegram written by the attorney general to the "new york times" demandinging that they cease publication of these document, but the fbi accidentally sent the telegram to a fish company in brooklyn instead of to the "new york times." and so what the "new york times" heard the day they published the pentagon papers and the day after was nothing. and this fish company in brooklyn must have been very, very confused by the angry telegram they got from the attorney general. eventually, the attorney general and fbi got it together and stent telegram to the "new york times" demanding the return of the pentagon papers and no further publication. the times said no. they published on the 13th, the 14th, the 15th, then the government got a temporary restraining order blocking them from publishing anything further. pentagon papers was the first time the government had used courts to block the press from publishing something the press wanted to publish
and that's because it turns out that on june 14th, the day after they started publishing the pentagon papers, there had been an angry, threatening telegram written by the attorney general to the "new york times" demandinging that they cease publication of these document, but the fbi accidentally sent the telegram to a fish company in brooklyn instead of to the "new york times." and so what the "new york times" heard the day they published the pentagon papers and...
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they have got five of these disaster response teams set up within the pentagon. one of those five teams specifically is deploying this week to a hospital in lafayette, louisiana. that's in response to a request from fema and the state of louisiana, but we expect those four pentagon teams will also be deploying to other sites as they get the request and as hospitals continue to be overwhelmed. and of course in texas, just tonight before we learned about the governor's own covid diagnosis, we learned of texas' latest request to the federal government for help. they're asking for five mortuary trucks from fema. fema agreed to the request and those mortuary trucks are being deployed to san antonio as we speak. expected to arrive by the end of the week. they will then be deployed across the state of texas to handle the dead bodies that are piling up faster than texas funeral homes can handle them because of covid. cases and hospitalizations increasing rapidly all across the country. the federal government innovating and moving into new phases and new ways to help in o
they have got five of these disaster response teams set up within the pentagon. one of those five teams specifically is deploying this week to a hospital in lafayette, louisiana. that's in response to a request from fema and the state of louisiana, but we expect those four pentagon teams will also be deploying to other sites as they get the request and as hospitals continue to be overwhelmed. and of course in texas, just tonight before we learned about the governor's own covid diagnosis, we...
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senior leaders at the pentagon speaking on the condition of anonymity acknowledged they were talking amongst themselves about what to do if mr. trump who will still be president invokes the insurrection act and tries to send troops into the streets. several pentagon officials said there could be resignations starting at the top with general milly should troops be ordered into the streets at the time of the election. on one hand i'd like it that people who don't agree with the president resign, although i'm not sure in that moment i'd want them to resign if the president is using the military inappropriately. >> i want the military to uphold the constitution and uphold the law, and that's what they've told me they will do. there's a couple different pieces to this. one is the fact that donald trump will be president july january 20th. you serve one president at a time, but the second big piece is the military has made clear to me and we've had conversations about this, they will not follow an illegal order. they will not follow an order that would illegally help the president overturn
senior leaders at the pentagon speaking on the condition of anonymity acknowledged they were talking amongst themselves about what to do if mr. trump who will still be president invokes the insurrection act and tries to send troops into the streets. several pentagon officials said there could be resignations starting at the top with general milly should troops be ordered into the streets at the time of the election. on one hand i'd like it that people who don't agree with the president resign,...
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two separate pentagon briefings already today. on everything from helicopter exfiltrations of afghan evacuees to evacuation flights and their numbers to babies be born onboard those evacuation flights. he's done a lot of work already today, but i still have more questions and he's been kind enough to join us tonight to come answer them. admiral kirby, thank you so much. i know it's been a long couple weeks. even a long day today. thank you. >> my pleasure, rachel. thank you. >> let me start by asking you not about the most important thing, but something my interest was very piqued by at the second pentagon briefing in which we learned there wasn't just one baby born on one of these flights, one of these evacuation flights this weekend at ramstein in germany, but the general who you were briefing with, actually said there's been three babies born in these circumstances. >> yeah, that's right. he surprised everybody, including me, on that. this is general steve lyons, the commander of u.s. transportation command. we wanted him to co
two separate pentagon briefings already today. on everything from helicopter exfiltrations of afghan evacuees to evacuation flights and their numbers to babies be born onboard those evacuation flights. he's done a lot of work already today, but i still have more questions and he's been kind enough to join us tonight to come answer them. admiral kirby, thank you so much. i know it's been a long couple weeks. even a long day today. thank you. >> my pleasure, rachel. thank you. >> let...
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the pentagon is looking forward to implementing this decision. the department of defense will move very swiftly, quote, it will be a decision implemented in every way as it should be. they put it in writing. the defense department intends to make the same benefits available to every military spouse, regardless of sexual orientation, as soon as possible. quote, that is now the law and it is the right thing to do. when the supreme court was hearing this case, the pentagon could not weigh in on its own behalf in the case because the justice department plays that role for the government, but a group of high-ranking military officers including former secretaries of defense wrote the court to say that their experience as military leaders after don't ask, don't tell, their experience as military leaders in a military that has openly gay people serving in it, that experience gave them strong feelings about what the court should do. "the military and civilian leadership long have recognized the physical and emotional wellbeing of service members' families
the pentagon is looking forward to implementing this decision. the department of defense will move very swiftly, quote, it will be a decision implemented in every way as it should be. they put it in writing. the defense department intends to make the same benefits available to every military spouse, regardless of sexual orientation, as soon as possible. quote, that is now the law and it is the right thing to do. when the supreme court was hearing this case, the pentagon could not weigh in on...
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they're going after the pentagon for being too woke, and the pentagon leadership for being too woke. they don't like the idea that, for instance, the pentagon is going to be having some -- putting out some sort of juneteenth observance, for instance, coming up soon. they're not crazy about the whole idea of renaming all of these confederate bases. there's a whole list of things, but keep in mind that on january 6th, you know, as the capitol was being stormed by pro-trump rioters, we found out afterwards that many, many of them were former military. >> mm-hmm. >> and many of these extremists had military background and were even active duty military. we've had active duty military now charged in the capitol riots. so the pentagon has now been confronting sort of this -- this -- this strain that's within the american military because it is -- it's at the same time that it's a reflection of american society, you have extremists within the pentagon, and that's something that's been going on too. but you have people in the right wing of the republican party who don't like that for whateve
they're going after the pentagon for being too woke, and the pentagon leadership for being too woke. they don't like the idea that, for instance, the pentagon is going to be having some -- putting out some sort of juneteenth observance, for instance, coming up soon. they're not crazy about the whole idea of renaming all of these confederate bases. there's a whole list of things, but keep in mind that on january 6th, you know, as the capitol was being stormed by pro-trump rioters, we found out...
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ask the pentagon? at the state department, they just decided they didn't want to talk about it at all and scheduled its scheduled press briefing after president trump made this announcement about pulling all u.s. troops out of syria. nbc reporter courtney cuby asked what the president means by make thing announcement, when does this mean u.s. troops are leaving? this is the response she got. it's not that i'm not telling you, it's that i don't know quite frankly. so we don't know if the surprise withdrawal is a thing that's going to happen. we certainly don't know when it's going to happen, if it is. but why did this happen all of a sudden? why did this just get announced? and i ask that because on its face, the explanation the president gave is an explanation that's not true. i mean, the president today said, isis is gone, that's why we can leave. well, the inspector general at the defense department just last month released a report on the current strength of isis as of last month, the estimate for i
ask the pentagon? at the state department, they just decided they didn't want to talk about it at all and scheduled its scheduled press briefing after president trump made this announcement about pulling all u.s. troops out of syria. nbc reporter courtney cuby asked what the president means by make thing announcement, when does this mean u.s. troops are leaving? this is the response she got. it's not that i'm not telling you, it's that i don't know quite frankly. so we don't know if the...
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raising taxes the on the rich. 76% of americans support eliminate funding for weapon systems that the pentagon doesn't want. that's the defense cut that republicans have long resisted. the american job act by president obama that package enjoyed 63%. it was enough to render it dead on rival in washington. last time when talking about oil subsidies, i described it as caper because if you take a step back and think about it, somewhat mysterious. our basic understanding of the way self-government work s that public opinion, the majority of public opinion is essentially supposed to be transferred into legislative outcomes. this is not a perfect one to one process. we're not athens. we have representative democracy. there's a bunch of complicated bets and whistles and checks and balances in ways the process can be gained. the basic idea in order for democracy to be functioning and credible, there's got to be some rough correlation between what the majority in fact country wants and what their government does. it's a little unclear whether that sort of correlation still exists in the usa of 2012. in
raising taxes the on the rich. 76% of americans support eliminate funding for weapon systems that the pentagon doesn't want. that's the defense cut that republicans have long resisted. the american job act by president obama that package enjoyed 63%. it was enough to render it dead on rival in washington. last time when talking about oil subsidies, i described it as caper because if you take a step back and think about it, somewhat mysterious. our basic understanding of the way self-government...
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did he try to rope the pentagon into that kind of planning? all documents and communications related to the potential use of military power to impede or ensure the peaceful transition of power between the time of the election up through and including the inauguration of president biden. all documents and communications concerning possible attempts by president trump to remain in office after january 20th, 2021. from election day, november 3rd, to january 20th, all documents and communications related to the possibility of invoking the insurrection act. including but not limited to documents and communications concerning that possibility with respect to preparation for the events of january 6th. all documents and communications on january 6th relating to the employment of law enforcement personnel or military assets to the u.s. capitol. oh, yeah. why didn't law enforcement and military personnel get to the u.s. capitol sooner? why don't we know more about that? and why did the army tell an untrue story about the number of people and one particu
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but we lost in very quick succession the pentagon intelligence chief, the pentagon policy chief, the pentagon chief of staff, even the guy in charge of the task force to defeat isis. all of those people were ousted and replaced in short order by larry, curly and moe. no offense to the actual stooges. they really did bring in a series of young, not particularly well respected junior-level staffers, trump guys, and like republican house staffers who had mostly been run out of lower-level jobs for getting involved in embarrassing conspiracy theory stunts around stuff like the russia investigation and the mess around mike flynn. they brought in, like, the "g" team, not only not the "a" team, but like really the -- like the people who flunked out of intern-level stuff. today they just nominated -- they actually nominated to the senate the new person they want to be installed as the assistant secretary of defense for international security. it's a big-deal job, right? this is a guy who since the election has called for trump to impose martial law because he says trump secretly won the elec
but we lost in very quick succession the pentagon intelligence chief, the pentagon policy chief, the pentagon chief of staff, even the guy in charge of the task force to defeat isis. all of those people were ousted and replaced in short order by larry, curly and moe. no offense to the actual stooges. they really did bring in a series of young, not particularly well respected junior-level staffers, trump guys, and like republican house staffers who had mostly been run out of lower-level jobs for...
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the same report, the pentagon's own report shows after the u.s. troop surge in afghanistan, violence in that country was actually higher than it was before the surge, not lower than it was before the surge. so in what case was the surge a success? so it is a bit rich that the reason we can afford to speed up the ending of this war is because things have worked out so well in this war. it's a bit rich. but you know what? the supposed reason we could leave iraq is because of the stable democratic iraqi government we left behind, right? success of the surge and all that. well, the day after we left iraq, the prime minister of iraq issue and arrest warrant for the vice president of iraq, the very next day after we left. so that little story we told ourselves on the way out of that war, that was pretty rich too. but knowing that, do you wish we were still in iraq? do you wish we hadn't left? more importantly, even we do not hit any of the supposed benchmarks that we tell ourselves irrelevant for why and when we can leave, peace in the provinces, or the
the same report, the pentagon's own report shows after the u.s. troop surge in afghanistan, violence in that country was actually higher than it was before the surge, not lower than it was before the surge. so in what case was the surge a success? so it is a bit rich that the reason we can afford to speed up the ending of this war is because things have worked out so well in this war. it's a bit rich. but you know what? the supposed reason we could leave iraq is because of the stable democratic...
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how do we know the pentagon is adequately addressing the pob? >> the army seemed to go the extra mile. in doing so, they uncovered 55 soldiers who they decided will no longer do those jobs. the other services just had a handful. it was only the navy that had five others. so perhaps there will be a call to do more, and look at those recruiters, and in other branches. >> congress recently summoned the military's top brass to the hill to explain their response to sexual assaults. one proposal is to take the prosecution of these assaults out of the chain of command. where does that proposal stand right now? >> it got removed, or actually a proposal in the senate was voted down. but the senator from new york has vowed to bring that to the full senate as an amendment this fall. we'll see if it gains any traction there. she has bipartisan support for that. >> all right. tom vanden brook for "usa today." thanks for your time this afternoon. >> thanks for having me. >>> you can call him the littlest quarterback. 5-year-old cancer survivor ryan encino sco
how do we know the pentagon is adequately addressing the pob? >> the army seemed to go the extra mile. in doing so, they uncovered 55 soldiers who they decided will no longer do those jobs. the other services just had a handful. it was only the navy that had five others. so perhaps there will be a call to do more, and look at those recruiters, and in other branches. >> congress recently summoned the military's top brass to the hill to explain their response to sexual assaults. one...
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that fit unfolding in a 2017 meeting with the pentagon. it was set up after trump's military leaders became concerned about, quote, gaping holes in the president's knowledge of america's key alliances. then secretary of state rex tillerson, reportedly so frustrated by the meeting that he called the president, quote, an effing moron after trump left the room. >> and according to a passage released to axios on the first monday of trump's presidency, he told house and senate leaders at the white house reception, quote, you know i won the popular vote. but nancy pelosi interjected saying, well, mr. president, that -- that -- that's not true. watching pelosi challenge trump. steve bannon whispered to colleagues she's going to get us. total assassin. she's an assassin. >> wow. interesting book, indeed. joining us right now is alana who is a white house reporter with axios. alana, thank you for being here on this saturday morning. good morning to you. so what stands out the most to you as the more shocking revelations that -- that you've seen fro
that fit unfolding in a 2017 meeting with the pentagon. it was set up after trump's military leaders became concerned about, quote, gaping holes in the president's knowledge of america's key alliances. then secretary of state rex tillerson, reportedly so frustrated by the meeting that he called the president, quote, an effing moron after trump left the room. >> and according to a passage released to axios on the first monday of trump's presidency, he told house and senate leaders at the...
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air strikes are as effective as the pentagon says they are. nbc's richard engle joins us live in a moment from near the syrian border. stay with us. create things that help people. design safer cars. faster computers. smarter grids and smarter phones. think up new ways to produce energy. ♪ be an engineer. solve problems the world needs solved. what are you waiting for? changing the world is part of the job description. [ male announcer ] join the scientists and engineers of exxonmobil in inspiring america's future engineers. energy lives here. with the top speedou compare of comcast the top speed of business dsl from the internet... phone company well, there's really no comparison. why pay more for less? call today for a low price on speeds up to 150mbps. and find out more about our two-year price guarantee. comcast business. built for business. so i get invited to quite a few family gatherings. heck, i saved judith here a fortune with discounts like safe driver, multi-car, paperless. you make a mighty fine missus, m'lady. i'm not saying mar
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pentagon. today at that building, the ukrainian ministry of defense, a funeral was held for a soldier killed in eastern ukraine. in an area that was controlled, is controlled by members of the pro-russian separatists. theyo- marched his body inside e defensein ministry which is whe they held his funeral service, the honor guard then took him tn his final resting place at a cemetery in the nation's capital. that soldier's name, anton seederoff. he was a 35-year-old captain, ukrainian officer in the ukrainian army. the first officer killed in weeks in a conflict with pro-russian separatists that's been raging since fweent. his death,en though, his funera service today took on a heightened sense of symbolism. it was the first funeral service that they held since the russian president vladimir putin announced the incursion of ukraine. today, following the funeral service for the captain, there was a demonstration outside the russians embassy in kyiv, protesting putin's decision to sendti troops int
pentagon. today at that building, the ukrainian ministry of defense, a funeral was held for a soldier killed in eastern ukraine. in an area that was controlled, is controlled by members of the pro-russian separatists. theyo- marched his body inside e defensein ministry which is whe they held his funeral service, the honor guard then took him tn his final resting place at a cemetery in the nation's capital. that soldier's name, anton seederoff. he was a 35-year-old captain, ukrainian officer in...
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is it the pentagon that responds to that, u.s. intelligence that also responds to those kind of threats? >> it's going to be all of the above because also with iran we don't know if they're going to respond necessarily to u.s. installations, to military bases, to diplomatic posts, or will they respond to go after commercial shipping as we've seen them do over the summer? the potentials, also they could go in a cyber realm. the potential is so wides and broad at this point i think the u.s. government i can imagine at this point all over the u.s. government they're looking at the potentials and how they can shore up any kind of defenses all over for any potential iranian response. >> pentagon correspondent for nbc news, thank you. much appreciated. all right, we'll be right back. . much appreciated all right, we'll be right back >>> it's almost 1:00 a.m. on the east coast. we're continuing to follow the late breaking news that president trump ordered the killing of the top military leader in iran. this is not your typical tit for ta
is it the pentagon that responds to that, u.s. intelligence that also responds to those kind of threats? >> it's going to be all of the above because also with iran we don't know if they're going to respond necessarily to u.s. installations, to military bases, to diplomatic posts, or will they respond to go after commercial shipping as we've seen them do over the summer? the potentials, also they could go in a cyber realm. the potential is so wides and broad at this point i think the u.s....
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a remarkable snapshot of that today at the pentagon briefing, the pentagon briefing that the transition from the huge emergency evacuation operations in afghanistan, to the deployment of disaster medical teams from the defense department to u.s. hospitals overwhelmed by covid, starting with one in louisiana. then they moved on to a long list of coast guard and navy and other military resources they are deploying right now to help with the rescue and recovery operations in hay haiti after the earthquake, including multiple field hospitals that are going to haiti as we speak. the reason the news feels heavy tonight is because it is. we pray for better days ahead. that's gonna do it for us tonight, we will see you again tomorrow, come hell or high water, now it's time for the last word. >> good evening, rachel. we will continue to grim news here, but we are also going to have some good news in this hour. and actually good news on the vaccination rate in
a remarkable snapshot of that today at the pentagon briefing, the pentagon briefing that the transition from the huge emergency evacuation operations in afghanistan, to the deployment of disaster medical teams from the defense department to u.s. hospitals overwhelmed by covid, starting with one in louisiana. then they moved on to a long list of coast guard and navy and other military resources they are deploying right now to help with the rescue and recovery operations in hay haiti after the...
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was some very sort of strong language out of the nsc and the pentagon, but they weren't really disputing what was in our story. we weren't saying there was an intent to kill. we didn't use that language. what we're saying is that the u.s. provided intelligence about the locations of mobile headquarters. ukrainians combined that with their own intelligence, intelligence like those intercepted calls you mentioned, and then chose when and where to strike. we explained that in the story. that is what is happening. and look, like this administration has properly proceeded carefully, in trying to not escalate the ukraine war. and that's the right thing to do. but it's also important to be transparent about what the united states is doing. they've said they've been providing unprecedented amounts of intelligence, and it is the responsibility of a free and independent nation to explain that. >> so let's talk about that. how much of this is semantics. because the pushback was very specific about what they did or didn't say and the crux of your reporting and our reporting at nbc news is the same.
was some very sort of strong language out of the nsc and the pentagon, but they weren't really disputing what was in our story. we weren't saying there was an intent to kill. we didn't use that language. what we're saying is that the u.s. provided intelligence about the locations of mobile headquarters. ukrainians combined that with their own intelligence, intelligence like those intercepted calls you mentioned, and then chose when and where to strike. we explained that in the story. that is...
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we learned the folks inside the pentagon thought the hold was unlawful. we also learned there was a meeting, a staged kind of intervention with then-national security advisor john bolton, secretary of defense esper and secretary of state mike pompeo where they tried but failed to convince the president to release the aid he was holding as leverage. during this time also, right, this is all within this month, this pause, john bolton also just popped up on twitter to say, i will testify before the senate if you subpoena me, which puts additional pressure on senate republicans. everything that i just said, all of that stuff, that happened before lev week. before lev essentially implicating a number of people inside the president's inner circle. >> you believe that vice president pence knew what he was -- knew that his trip to the inauguration was contingent on those investigations being announced? >> again, i mean i know he went to poland also to discuss this on trump's behalf. he could not know. he had to have known everything. i mean it is impossible. i sa
we learned the folks inside the pentagon thought the hold was unlawful. we also learned there was a meeting, a staged kind of intervention with then-national security advisor john bolton, secretary of defense esper and secretary of state mike pompeo where they tried but failed to convince the president to release the aid he was holding as leverage. during this time also, right, this is all within this month, this pause, john bolton also just popped up on twitter to say, i will testify before...
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and jeremy bash is back with us, former chief of staff at cia and pentagon. nicolle, you've been absent for several days. >> oh, no. >> you get to lead us off. what is happening? >> we're focused on yates appropriately so. she's not the only one who had problems with the executive order. notably president trump's new secretary of defense had to send over a list of iraqis. they were on the list of seven countries that were targeted by the executive order who have helped american soldiers on the battlefield. who have been in combat and who have served as translators with american soldiers. i can't think of anything more un-american than forgetting to do that on the front end. the other person that had a problem with pieces of this executive order was president trump's new secretary of homeland security who pozited that leaving out green card holders was also problematic. so i think that attorney -- acting attorney general yates obviously pushed this white house too far, but she was far from the only policy critic and the only one questioning its legality, its m
and jeremy bash is back with us, former chief of staff at cia and pentagon. nicolle, you've been absent for several days. >> oh, no. >> you get to lead us off. what is happening? >> we're focused on yates appropriately so. she's not the only one who had problems with the executive order. notably president trump's new secretary of defense had to send over a list of iraqis. they were on the list of seven countries that were targeted by the executive order who have helped...
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again, this is a pentagon record. unsettling to see when we look around the world, we see russia using underhanded tactics to undermine foreign democracies, compromise the leadership and values of other countries, to screw them up. don't worry, there's a cure. don't worry, america, the only entities, only countries that really will have any sort of significant problem fending that off from russia are countries that are deeply polarized. oh, oh, good, so we don't have to worry about that. also, the kinds of countries that will have a real problem with this stuff from russia are those who lack the kpocapacity respond effectively to russian aggression. also, that as a leadership factor might sort of be a problem then. if we don't have the capacity to respond to russian aggression. the fact is nobody much expects president trump, himself, to respond effectively to russian aggression, right, or do anything to push back or contain russia at all. one of the undisputed findings of what happened between the trump campaign and
again, this is a pentagon record. unsettling to see when we look around the world, we see russia using underhanded tactics to undermine foreign democracies, compromise the leadership and values of other countries, to screw them up. don't worry, there's a cure. don't worry, america, the only entities, only countries that really will have any sort of significant problem fending that off from russia are countries that are deeply polarized. oh, oh, good, so we don't have to worry about that. also,...
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so what is the pentagon going to do with the results of this report? in "the post" tonight an army spokeswoman acknowledged that they had received the flynn case for review, we not not have additional information for you at this time. trump people and qanon conspiracy theory crazy people have turned mike flynn into this bizarre comic book figure since his disgrace along these lines. it's a comic book portrayal of himself he apparently believes in. mike flynn has really taken a weird fake oath, a pledge to the qanon conspiracy theory on camera and posted it online, posted video of himself taking the qanon pledge along with members of his family. mike flynn really did go on tv before the january 6th attack to call on president trump to order a military takeover of the country so he could hold on to power even though biden won the election. mike flynn was a big draw for the january 6th capitol attack. he was one of the right-wing conspiracy figures demanding all the trump people had to be at capitol january 6th to stop the election from being certified an
so what is the pentagon going to do with the results of this report? in "the post" tonight an army spokeswoman acknowledged that they had received the flynn case for review, we not not have additional information for you at this time. trump people and qanon conspiracy theory crazy people have turned mike flynn into this bizarre comic book figure since his disgrace along these lines. it's a comic book portrayal of himself he apparently believes in. mike flynn has really taken a weird...
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"wall street journal" has just reported that the white house is about to send new guidance to the pentagon on implementing that ban, that openly transgender people will not be able to join the military anymore and spells out the discretion that defense secretary james mattis will have to throw out currently serving transgender troops one by one. there are thousands serving in every conceivable role in the u.s. military right now in all branches. "the wall street journal" is describing this planned guidance from the pentagon but we have not seen it directly yet. now it's time for "the last word" with lawrence o'donnell. good evenings, lawrence. >> good evening, rachel. more breaking news, rachel maddow has a new boyfriend. >> i do. i don't know his name, is the sad thing. >> he's the guy who's not chuck grassley standing up there with the hat and he asked the question of chuck grassley at the town hall in iowa tonight that rachel maddow would have asked if she was there. >> he knew exactly what he was talking about. he asked it perfectly. he asked it way more concisely than i ever could hav
"wall street journal" has just reported that the white house is about to send new guidance to the pentagon on implementing that ban, that openly transgender people will not be able to join the military anymore and spells out the discretion that defense secretary james mattis will have to throw out currently serving transgender troops one by one. there are thousands serving in every conceivable role in the u.s. military right now in all branches. "the wall street journal" is...
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the head of the pentagon gets you arrests? we do have to get much tougher. nobody knows what the president is talking about. but then, he put his appointed secretary of defense, head of the pentagon, mark esper, put him on the line, with the governors, where secretary espersuade the streets of this country are the battlespace, as far as the pentagon is concerned now. >> i agree, we need to dominate the battlespace. i think the sooner that you mass and dominate the battlespace, the quicker this dis spates, and we can get back to the right normal. >> dominate the battlespace. we need to dominate the battlespace. that from secretary of defense, trump appointee mark esper, earned this response from the former chairman of the joint chiefs, general martin dempsey, saying quote, america is not a ballad. our fellow citizens are not the enemy. r-. be better. bizarrely, the president today, also told the nation's governors that he was going to activate, that was his word, activate attorney general william barr. he said he was going to activate him very strongly. like
the head of the pentagon gets you arrests? we do have to get much tougher. nobody knows what the president is talking about. but then, he put his appointed secretary of defense, head of the pentagon, mark esper, put him on the line, with the governors, where secretary espersuade the streets of this country are the battlespace, as far as the pentagon is concerned now. >> i agree, we need to dominate the battlespace. i think the sooner that you mass and dominate the battlespace, the quicker...
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they are going after the pentagon for being too woke. and pentagon leadership for being too woke. they don't like the idea for instance the pentagon is going to be having, putting out some sort of juneteenth observance, for instance, coming up soon. they aren't crazy but the whole idea of renaming all of his confederate bases. there is a whole list of things. keep in mind on january six, as the capital was being stormed by pro trump rioters, we found out afterwards many of them were former military, and many of these extremists had military background, and were active duty military. we've had active military charged in the riots. the pentagon has been confronting this strain in the american military because it's, at the same time it's a reflection of american society, you have extremists within the pentagon. that's something that's been going on. you have people in the right wing of the republican party who don't like that for whatever reason they may present. >> the piece you wrote last year, but i remember reading, thinking it was great, we talked about the u.s. military as a so
they are going after the pentagon for being too woke. and pentagon leadership for being too woke. they don't like the idea for instance the pentagon is going to be having, putting out some sort of juneteenth observance, for instance, coming up soon. they aren't crazy but the whole idea of renaming all of his confederate bases. there is a whole list of things. keep in mind on january six, as the capital was being stormed by pro trump rioters, we found out afterwards many of them were former...